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For the Japanese punk band, see The Star Club. For the club in Hamburg, see Star-Club.

Starclub
OriginEngland
GenresAlternative rock
Years active1991–1994
LabelsIsland
MembersOwen Vyse
Steve French
Julian Taylor
Alan White

Starclub was an early 1990s

percussion
).

History

Vyse, French and Taylor grew up playing music together in Maidstone in Kent, and were known then as the Shoes. They were heavily influenced by the Beatles and formed a quartet with Alan Ware on drums. The highlight of this early incarnation, while the members attended Oakwood Park Grammar School and Maidstone Grammar School, was playing to a sellout crowd at the local Hazlitt Theatre.

The Shoes continued to play gigs, mainly in London, until Island Records offered them a deal. Their new name referenced the famous Star-Club venue in Hamburg, which had been synonymous with the Beatles.

Starclub's eponymous 1993 album, produced by

Chris Hughes (Tears for Fears, Adam and the Ants),[1] was recorded with several different drummers, but Alan White was recruited as a full-time member and toured with the band that year. Georgie Fame
guested on the tracks "Forever" and "The Question".

The single "Hard to Get" was a radio hit in the United States, reaching No. 10 on the

Modern Rock Tracks chart.[2]

The album received several positive reviews. In March 1993,

Washington Post critic Mike Joyce said, ""Britain's Starclub has a similarly expansive view of the pop-rock world, though it is not nearly as fond of Top 40 novelties. Vibrant guitars, sweeping harmonies and an occasional funk groove are more to its liking. Because lead singer Owen Vyse sounds a lot like Paul Rodgers, comparisons with the British bands Free and Bad Company are inevitable, but Starclub's new self-titled album (on Island) is eclectic enough to make the reference moot".[3]

The band were unexpectedly dropped by Island and split in 1994.

Later projects

Soon after Starclub ended, Vyse and White formed the band Paint with Julian Taylor; White was replaced by Tam Johnstone when he left to join

Still Crazy (1998) as well as the Channel 4 series The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
(1998).

White played with Oasis from 1995 through 2004, performing on four studio albums, two compilation albums and one live album during his tenure with the band. White has since been inactive save for a 2008 live performance as guest drummer for Trio Valore, his brother Steve White's band.

French and Gin Blossoms vocalist Robin Wilson released an album in 2006 as the Longshadows.

Taylor was a member of Rialto throughout that band's 1997-2000 duration.

Members

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

  • "Let Your Hair Down" (1992, Island)
  • "Hard to Get" (1993, Island)

References

  1. ^ "Starclub - Starclub". Discogs.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ Billboard, AllMusic
  3. ^ Joyce, Mike (3 March 1993). "RECORDINGS". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

External links

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